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<p>Dear NRHC Family,</p>

<p>It is amazing how fast summer is flying by! I hope you are taking time to enjoy it with family and friends. Summer is
a great time to rest, reflect on the year thus far, and recharge for the second half of the year. We&rsquo;re taking time to
do that as a staff and looking forward to a great fall at NRHC.</p>

<p>If you were not able to worship with us last Sunday, I strongly encourage you to <a
href="media/series/2014/great-is-the-lord">watch or listen to Dave Bremner&rsquo;s sermon</a>. What a powerful Word from God!
I&rsquo;m so grateful for Dave&rsquo;s willingness to speak and for his faithfulness to communicate a strong, encouraging, and
challenging message from Psalm 67. I&rsquo;m still chewing on and wrestling with the question Dave asked in the sermon, &ldquo;Am I
choosing comfort over impact?” God has blessed us to bless the nations; I pray He would use me, you, and this church to
do just that!</p>

<p>Sunday was a great reminder to me of how much I need to sit under the teaching of God&rsquo;s Word. What a great
refreshment it was for my soul to sit down, open my Bible, hear the Word, take notes, and wrestle with the applications
to my life and my family. I love what I do and count it a high honor to preach God&rsquo;s Word on a regular basis. But from
time to time, I need a break. I need to be taught.</p>

<p>And, it&rsquo;s a reminder of how good it is for you to hear from different voices. It&rsquo;s good for you to not get so bent
around a particular person or a particular voice, but to hear from others and be taught and led well by others. Of
course, the voices we put before you will be those who love Jesus, love the Bible, believe and trust in the authority of
the Scriptures, and will preach in a biblically-sound manner. I take that very seriously, and I know you do, too.</p>

<p>There are some big things coming for NRHC in the fall and having some Sundays off in the summer also allows me to
focus more of my time on preparing and leading us into what&rsquo;s next. You&rsquo;ll hear more about what&rsquo;s coming in the next
couple of weeks, but suffice it to say, we are praying big and expecting God to move in big ways this fall.</p>

<p>This Sunday will be another opportunity for us to gather as a faith family to worship our great God, to hear His Word
preached, and to wrestle with how we will respond personally and together as a church. This is a great gift that God has
given us! I can&rsquo;t wait to see what He does.</p>

<p>Have a great week, and I will see you soon.</p>

<p>Until All Hear,<br> Jay</p>
